9, 9A And 9B, The Traverse

9, 9A, and 9B The Traverse is a house from the early 19th century that has been divided into three shops on the ground floor with flats above. The building is fronted in white brick and features a panelled parapet and a moulded stone cornice, topped with a slate roof.

It stands three storeys tall and has a five-window range, all of which are sash windows with a single vertical glazing-bar. These windows are set in plain reveals with stuccoed lintels and stone sills. Above the first-storey windows, there are segmental arches in the brickwork that are infilled with diaper brick. The upper part of the walls shows remnants of old painted signs. The three shops have 20th-century fronts, with No.9B designed in a Regency style.

The three-storey frontage on Skinner Street is partly rendered and features an irregular arrangement of small-paned sash windows in flush cased frames, including one sliding sash window on the top storey. The rear of No.9B, which is now connected to No.10 The Traverse, is faced in 18th-century red brick and includes a blocked window on both upper storeys, as well as a sash window on each storey: a 6-pane window on the top storey and 16-pane windows on the first and ground storeys, all in flush cased frames. The ground and first-storey windows have flat gauged arches, and there are external shutters on the ground-storey window along with a door featuring flush panels.

Inside, the cellar beneath No.9B has old render over rubble walling, with large simulated stone blocks outlined. A stone pillar supporting a ceiling beam has a Norman nook shaft, and another similar shaft is embedded in the walling. No historic features are exposed within any of the shops, but some exposed timbering can be seen in the top storey of the Skinner Street range.